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  • This video certainly does make things clear about the pros & cons of using free web hosting. For anyone who is really serious about setting up a business online, I would agree that using a paid hosting service is the best way forward.

  • We hardly see free web hosting that comes with clear explanation on the terms (which is normally written in small print).

  • There is no price for free web hosting in terms of dollars and cents simply because it is free

    But it can cost you a lot if you are hosting it for long term.

    Free things are never free. Someone has to pay for it.

    There is always a catch somewhere and somehow.

  • which do u recommend? WebsitePalace or GoDaddy and why, thanks

  • nice

  • Thank you for this one...I'm researching the best paid web host to start my own business. Great info!

  • or you could use apache. . .

  • Hi Lisa, I just wanted to say that since discovering your page i've gotten a lot of value out of your videos. I've started a blog through circle pad that encompasses music, fashion, and art. Does that seem too much of a "hodge podge" site? Do you think I should invest in SBI with an idea like this? I would really appreciate your advice. Thanks.

  • @byronh88 Yes, I would narrow it down even more.  Do fashion or art only. Do a google search for "how to do keyword research" for tips on how to narrow down a topic using the available tools online like Google AdWords Keyword Tool, WordTracker, etc.

  • than u

  • thank you very much,your passion about your art has helped me save tons of money and headaches.

  • what she say

  • I came across this video today and liked it really nice videos.

  • lol i cannot get over how hard this is to make a website!.. why can it just be like making a word document? i bought dreamweaver cs5 and am still incredibly lost.

  • @MrJuniorhv I have a video on my 2createawebsite channel that shows you how to setup a website in Dreamweaver. Many people say it has helped. Try that.

  • free hosts are lousy and buggy, I would go for cheap hosting instead of free one and I am a big fan of Shopaserver their 1 dollar plan rocks!

  • free yellow web hosting?

  • I'm use Notepad only for php and a little bit of css and html

  • Yea free web hosting sucks, but many of us just want(not me)personal or fun websites, not truly professional websites, and many are just young teenagers and kids. So you can understand why.

  • Is there any way to make your own web hosting? I mean insted of using someone else's make your own?

  • @TheAnglebaby9 yupp.. there is a way.

  • if you make a website you make more money

    so your right lisa

  • Thanks for all of the info and insight Lisa!: )

  • "The Price of Free Web Hosting" wtf how can something free have a price, the name of this video makes it look like it failed.

  • @Danny2k9brap It is a play on words. The "price" you pay is the fact that search engines may not take you seriously. So even though it is free, the "price" is the disadvantages I spoke about in the video. It's a proverbial price, not a monetary price.

  • @lisa3876 the person you responded to is an idiot

  • @Danny2k9brap No, everything cost's something. It all depends on what you are willing to pay with.....

  • LISA YOU CUTE GET RICH RECORDS FB

  • wow, just so practical, and not a bookish one. now totally hooked on what lisa says, wish i get link to all her speeches

  • Lisa you big money ..... . How much do u get for doing all this?

  • Are you paid to say this things or what?

  • @simoncostea i want to know the same thing.

  • Hey there,Nice one,Subscribed, Hey dud Could you please tell me how can we upload all the wesite we made? Please reply. we wanna make our project look like a real website.Thanks.

  • While I agree with you on the affordability of the internet when compared to the rest of the Brick & Mortar retail as well as a global reach V.S. a local customer base. I have to disagree with you on the subject of free web hosting I used to pay for hosting ($8.95 mo. 24-7 host & realized only a 78% uptime at best, then I went nearly free (.25 a Gb BW to keep the adult adds off for a non-adult site =) until I received that unpalatable shutdown notice so I switched, in min. elsewhere also free!

  • I have been using Martensenweb for years. They have some nice webhosting plans for a low cost.

  • I like these videos, could you recommend good hosting for a video game website for a guild?

  • Thank you for this video. You have to spend money to make money. Would you want people to say about your business Why should I spend money for what you offer. Great video. Lisa.

  • i new it was a good idea to go with godaddy :D

  • hostgator and hostmonster are the best (and a pretty good price). but if all you have is html/css/javascript code (and not cgi programming or php) you can get a free website at co .cc or dot .tk. i only use them for simple websites but they're pretty good.

  • I found good hosting too and has a first month only for a penny

  • what is your site about?

  • Can you put Adsense on a web site with a free domain name and free web host?

    If so could you ,please, recommend me a reliable/good free domain and web host; because I want to get some experience on how this works [because it's a my first time :)].Thank you in advance :).

  • This is great info to many people get caught in bad situations using these free web-hosting companies and the call me to help them out bad deal I tell ya....

  • Host gator is one of the best web hosting companies out there, i got around $10 dollars off a domain i purchased. their domains are really cheap as well, if you guys want a discount just type in discount145 in the coupon code when you purchase your domain.

  • Hey but what i if have a site only for google adsense

  • Hi Lisa,

    Please could you Recommend a Real Good Hosting company that has all the tools I'll need to build a good website, and that are Easy to use?

    I'm from England, I live in the USA now.

    Many thanks.

  • I could listen to you all day!......

    and I will,... I'll watch more of your videos after I get some sleep ;)

    You keep it so interesting and you stay to the point from begining to end.

    There's tonnes of free and very useful information here that others woul charge for. Thank you! :)

    I noticed you do your videos any time in the day, you have a very organised working environment, tidy desk and you always look fresh. :)

    You're pretty too :o

  • How do you feel about wix.com?

  • Yes this is all true i started a with a free host and had to close it down in the end now i own my own domain name and have a decent host. :)

  • Nice video

  •  You're pretty hot. Are you single?

  • great content lisa3876 I seen your videos a lot on youtube keep it up

  • advantages of free webhosts:

    1. they are for free.

    2. you can try how a website is build without costs

    3. you can get experience.

    4. they are easy for non-commercial purposes.

    5. you can find out how your website attracks visitors without costs.

    6. without a free try out someone might pay some money and find out that the idea does not work after spending the precious dollars.

    7. there is no pressure to earn back the invested money.

  • Hi, great video!!

    Look, i would like to visit your sites, but you know,, there is no Links (with your sites) on description area.. ;)

  • Good video, just wanted to warn people about a terrible hosting company which caused damage to my business. Avoid 123-reg like the plague if you intend to use email services, they have been having problems for around a month and still havent managed to resolve it. Incompetence on an amazing scale for someone that lists email in their service description.

  • what do you think of my strategy of using a free web host? i explained it here:

    in the websitebabble forum category 'web hosting'.. the post is entitled: google sites advantages and disadvantages?? i cant post the url becuase youtube wont let you in a comment

  • i use weebly.

  • I only want a free website because i want to practice hosting :)

  • Lots of experienced information in the video. Always a help for us folks who are much newer. Like never before website programming, html, social networks are more complex than ever. Somebody has to explain it!

  • I really want to create a website but i really don´t know what it should be about.

    Do you got any suggestions what i can have it about?

  • HOW DO U GET A WEBSITE LIKE (ICARLY) ??? an do u still have to pay money!?!...please help me i wanna make a website like icarly (if u no whut icarly is sorry if u dont) :pppppppppp...

  • Lisa I totally agree with you. There is a lot of drama with free web hosting. But just like you, I was looking for an effective way to get a web hosting a ccount for free and I just found one.

    You can actually get one using a cashback website. Get in touch with me I will show you how.

    You actually buy the hosting account first but get all of your money back from the cashback site. so all the drama that comes with free web hosting is not going to be an issue for you.

  • Most of them wants free web hosting.. Why sacrifice the business for a cheaper plans? We are not really sure. They all have hidden charges. Unlimited bandwidth and webspaces? Think again. I would rather sign up on the website that has bandwidth and space limit. But i would say you are right. Website is a business that needs investment.

  • i cant believe....only 1.99 $ / month.....that too i am getting unlimited space,databases...thank god i have found a new site

  • lol i my brother had five domains and he gave me 2....lol im lucky.... anyways its barely like 6 bucks plus my WoW accountand the bills....lol

  • What is the best free website?

  • Go daddy is the way to go in my opinion. They always have a lot of offers.

  • I totally understand you Lisa, but i think a lot of people get free web hosts because we don't know if our online business is going to be successful! So, were "scared", in a way, of losing money. Now, we don't know what to do because we can't really test how much money we can make with a free web host, because we're not taken seriously, then we have no idea if we will be successful! Gimme a thumbs up or comment if u agree!

  • i used this for web hosting and quite satisfied miniurl.or g/web-host.php (remove space)

  • First and foremost let me say...YOUR AMAZING! Absolutely beautiful. The most beautiful girl in the world. Brains and beauty. Where have you been all my life?! lol! How are you doing angel? I am watching your videos and they are very informative. I am truly interested in starting online store. I would like to chat with you concerning starting online business. I would truly like to chat with you about that. I know your busy but if you can fit me in i would truly appreciate it. notongame@yahoo.com

  • thanks lisa

  • Sounds like the only one "Whining" is you "Willy"??? She's just trying to help people,and give them a chance to improve themselves with all the information

    she gives out for "FREE"........You have the "positive" problem......not Lisa.............

  • 3-6 dollars is so little! Some people buy latte's and Mountain Dews daily. If I am passionate about my blogspot to make it work and it does come successful, do you have any advice on how to transfer the information over? At the moment I am just trying to get my feet wet and I will have lots of time this summer to be busy with it and I will be looking at html and css to see if that is something I will be capable of learning.

  • @sadapindo lol you're clever..

  • Lisa Trys to make money from you , promoting her website :) well done

  • @pikachomovies Are you kiddin me! Lisa is THE LADY with Da Plan! and she implements it's wisely and correctly! She doesn't ASK you to go to her website and BUY ANYTHING! We all KNOW she has the website but it's up to US if we want to go to it and buy anything! Lisa puts up all this FREE Information to HELP new peoplm and people in general, she doesn't ask you to go and buy her product.

  • "Why would you want to start a business on a cheap platform?" Good question.

    I want my on-line business to be as professional as possible. Thank you Lisa for your insight and assistance. I have seen several of your videos, you are providing good content. Thanks for the tip on getting html code info. Keep doing you, it is appreciated.

  • Always a fresh look, always beautiful, and another great video. Keep doing what you're doing Lisa.

  • Lisa is right on!

  • I agree you are saying to your customers "I am to cheap to spend money on my business". I would get domain and host then it is your property.

  • okay yeah but is there any server who could host my website for free but with some banner added on it? some1 told me about that and im to cheap to spend 3$ if u know what i mean ;D

  • Educational. Thanks.

  • lisa, as always you have great advice. so nicely put together. and you seem very genuine about this topic matter.

  • YOU are and, the words you speak are the TRUTH!!!!!

    "Preach Sister!!!!!!"

    thx again

  • u want to know what is the problem , it doesnt matter the price to get a domain is because people is not too crazy to be putting their credit on anywhere

  • Hello Lisa, I wanted to let you know that I think you're a very smart woman. I didn't think women knew much about HTML, CSS and building websites until now LOL. Anyways, keep up the good work :)

  • Thanks for these videos. Been reading your e-book. Think I'll risk the money on SBi. You seem to be saying that it boils down to hard work and getting the right information. That will put a lot of people off but it gets me going!  When I get SBi (in a coupdle of weeks) I'll do it through you as I appreciate your help.

  • Hi Lisa

    Do you know any thing about thes web hosting: iPage,Just Host, Web Hosting Pad,Fat Cow, Are they any good ?

  • Hi Lisa

    Do you know any thing about thes web hosting: iPage,Just Host, Web Hosting Pad,Fat Cow, Are they any good ?

  • notepad ++ is much better and easier for coding, and its FREE!

  • very attractive woman^^^

  • Thank you for your insightful thoughts and information about the in's and out's. I am now a subscriber!

  • WOW! Stumbled across your channel and I am AMAZED! You make it SOOOO easy to understand all the "stuff" associated with getting/having an online presence! Now I feel really confident about moving forward and being successful! Thank you so much, Lisa!

  • I like all of your videos. The truth with web hosting is that eventually you will be able to pay for it with Google Ad sense. I use Godaddy Shared hosting and in about a month I had a whole year already payed for.

  • Great thank you. Your a great person and its fantastic to see people like you sharing your views and helping those to realise how important it is to pay and invest in their buisness.

    I wish you the best of luck for your company in 2010.

    Take care Lisa.

  • NIce points made but I am not really looking for anything long term. I just want a place to post some drawings

  • For your information, most free web hosting services now let you use php, e-mail, and dns. You can get your own free domain name, and set it up for your hosting, and it all looks very professional. My sites are all completely free, and they look great. No one would ever think that it is a free host. My sites have no forced ads, unlimited everything, and by the way, most free hosting is better than paid hosting now. I have compared them, and my hosting beats all the other paid ones.

  • Aside from the hosting service that you need, you are already most likely investing money in order to build your website. You need either someone to design your site, or a program like Dreamweaver ($400.00), in order to create it. Your point about people not investing money into a website if they choose free hosting is invalid. Also, the amount of time spent making your site is not worth it if you have to pay extra for hosting. Also, some free hosting is better than the paid ones. Like mine.

  • Nice video but what i have found is the monthly price of host sites is misleading it may say $6.95 a month but every site i find makes you pay a year or more in advance and with the economy getting worse everyday i can not afford to pay upfront costs i really only can pay the $6.95 a month but like i said i have yet to find a host site that actually charges monthly

  • i opened a site like 2 years ago & also could not afford to pay a month so i just paid a year which was cheaper then monthly and also you can use nvu prorgam its like dreamweaver but free & kinda ugly lol.

  • Hello there :) I'm doing a little better for myself since I last looked at your vid. I didn't really use any of your advice yet, but I got 10k views after 2 months :) It definitely helps to write good material and comment on other people's sites even if you don't get comments right away. IT PAYS OFF.

    But I have to move to a different host because Justhost said I take up too much cpu proceses...can you help me..???

  • very good info just what i wanted to knw but im unclear about say if i typed in movies would my site popup on google if i had a cheap r free web site

  • ^_^ you made me happy when you mentioned writing code from scratch, I made webpages rather than paper projects for school . One time something didn't work right so I edited it on the spot with notepad and got some extra credit for really knowing what I made.

  • Great video, as a search marketing professional I was captivated by the video, simply put - you speak the truth that many small business owners need to hear. Well done!

  • I like the way you deliver your messages, very clear and direct. I appreciate that.

  • lisa, first of all, i like a lot your videos. they are very informative and well thought.

    now, about free hosting, what's so hard to move a site to another host?

    some hosts have automated software to transfer all your site to them when you transferring to them ON A UTTON CLICK

    a lot of these cheap hosts. 5$ / month give me unlimited bandwith and some 150mb space. what do you need more?

    i agree with most of your ideas tho

  • Woah....FROM SCRATCH?!?

  • i'm just fooling around with my site =p

    still learning stuff but after a year of practise with those schools (found by google engine) =)

    I'M GOOD and yeah ur soo damn right - I test my html codes with NotePad and then I upload it on my site...

  • Good video, I wouldn't have a business on a free account. But to see if it's a worthy investment while I am unemployed I would have to do it free just as a little project to see if affiliate marketing is something I could do or get into. If I put it to the test an it seems worth the time yeah then I would go the route of buying the domain. Just my thoughts on this.

  • Okay, Okay, you HAVE convinced me!  I'm on it.

  • Thank you for the honesty.

  • I totally agree with you that do not use free hosting if you are serious about making money online. Base on my experience, free web host has many limitation, even though they claim their up time is more than 99%. If you just want to play around, yes...you may use free host.

  • Glad I found your video, was so confused where to start/who to go with, it's been driving me crazy. Have been checking out Yola and Webstarts, now I just found some more on You Tube. Will take your advise pay and start out right.

  • I got around the "free web hosting" dilemma by turning a desktop PC into my own web server. There's a bit of a technical learning curve here, but Apache, PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin...all that software is 100% free.

    I also do not recommend running Windows on a web server machine. Linux is the preferred OS of choice when doing this. Many different distributions of Linux are available and except for Red Hat, most Linux distributions are also free.

  • I think, predominantly, it's that for the beginning of the internet, most stuff was free. I made a free webpage and have had it running for a few years for nothing.

    I do think this is an important video to explain it's still not bad, but people are (in my opinion) only peeved because they remember the golden age of the Internet.

  • Avoid free web hosts. You pay for great support. We have fair rates, lots of space, GREAT SUPPORT, and support all features. Check out our simple plans, pixelatedtech[.]com

  • Thanks Lisa! Great Video. Give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach someone to fish and they eat for a life time. You're terrific!

  • teach somene how to make a fish rod and they will feed world

  • What do you think of the web host: Web Starts?

  • I used webstarts for a year and they are pretty good. I left only because their system couldn't handle script from one of my advertisers.

  • I played with that. It's nice but theres no options if say you want to start an online store. If you want to just have a text info site it's good but stores and things wont work.

  • It is good video and I agree what you saying about having your own host and domain. But to some people $3-$6 is bit of money to pay every month without getting any back for long time. Great tip. Thank you for sharing with us. I learned a lot watching your video and reading your site, blog.

  • Lisa,

    I really enjoyed this video. But I have to disagree a bit. Some web hosts have been stable for me. Business hosting would not be very smart though. Why wouldn't you pay more for stability and more features. And beside hosting and domain prices are reasonable. Oh yeah I have a personal web site can I just keep that on free? I am in High School and have no money or credit card :( Another great video!

  • i love your admiration and inspriration wish you was my wife

  • i have been using wiijii host for my band and it's been working great, got 1gb of space and unmetered bandwidth , no ads or anything. I like it , maybe you would too

  • thanks man , I got it and it worked like a charm, pretty cool that they let you upload anything you want and build websites!

  • I have to say that the site works very well. I didn't even know this existed. For anybody that wants to have a stable and free place to host your web-sites. It's all about WiiJii COM - No joke. I am glad I found this. It's free.

  • can u do whatever u want to your own website

  • wow this scaring me do u think google will actually start charging and cancel my account. i actually have no problem with paying for a web host but i started my website 3 months ago and worked so hard on it added so much to it, i got a domain name and i knew absolutely NOTHING about these different web host till about a week ago and now i dont know what to so can u give me some advice PLEASE!!!!

  • say u have 2 websites can i have 1 host for both of them

  • Yes if you use hostgator, dreamhost or a few others.

  • Very nice video lisa it is very important to choose a hosting company for your specific needs.

  • FUCK I DONT know who to trust these webhosting companys are like viruses they INJECT THEMSELVES into EVERYBODY whos dong some kind of WEBHOST REVIEW

  • you talk to much and you dont teach anything ,sorry this the truth . teach me one thing for free laidy ok thanks

  • I appreciate all feedback.. good and bad. Thanks. :)

  • @John76551 Yes, Lisa can talk but she is talking sense. Didn't your mama tell you that nothing in life is free!!!

  • im confused =(

  • you can use kompozer

  • Hi Lisa, I enjoy your videos. On this one you mention that you use Dreamweaver. What version do you use? I currently have MX but wonder if the newer versions offer newer technology such as inserting videos.

  • I use CS3.

  • Oh and I had MX before that and honestly didn't see much difference between the versions.

  • I just got CS4 yesterday, im still plating around with it.

  • I just uploaded a getting started video about dreamweaver on my programming channel 2createawebsite It should be done processing soon. Even though I have CS3 they are very similar.

  • damn girld you're beatiful !

  • After finding you a few months ago, you mentioned Ateyaa. You both inspired me to create my channel. 

    BellyBeGoneDiva

  • where can i find web hosting for 3- 6 dollars a month i want to start business online i m beg, also start a website, how do i beg this, thanks

  • Check the video info box on the right.

  • I have to comment about the Notepad and learning HTML issue - as someone who studied HTML from scratch and knows how much work and time it takes, and with the easy FREE solutions there are out there today, i'd recommend for beginners to start with Wordpress, Drupal or Joomla. I guess most "normal" people would give up on Notepad and HTML after seeing how much they have to learn. Those free CMS just make it so much easier. HTML is very important to know, but you can study it through CMS too :)

  • True, I actually learned using software myself. :)

  • i used free webs, and i think someone hacked my account, cuz my name changed to Selenaa. i mean wtf. and i cant change it!

  • Lisa, u're o good tutor.

    keep up!

  • whats good about freewebs it wont ever actualy make u pay atm....i dont think because freewebs has premium and free and i think there is another so they making money different ways but yes i u where serious u should freaking buy a web

  • freewebs sucks... heliohost is 100 x better

    and if you want a good paid host go for the

    FATCOW best web hosting in the world!

  • Hello lisa i have just started making a website, i currently use Webstarts do you think thats a good web hosting tool?

    many thanks

    Alan

  • Dude I have tried at least fifty of these places with site builders and I think they are the best or at least one of the best.

  • your great Lisa im learning alot by you girl...thank you!! I want you to be my mentor..

  • You got lade of didn't you?

  • LOL, no. Not sure why you'd think that. I quit in 2006 as my income was 4x's my regular salary. A pretty good reason to quit dontcha think? ;)

  • Why Can't you host your own site on your computer

  • You can but it's a lot of work if you have no server experience.

  • You can, im doing it right now, just bought a dell power edge for it. You have to keep the computer on 24/7, have a redundent powersuply for brownouts, more expensife, but i want the control. If your not technical like me, then just pay for a service.

  • Can't You Host your own Website on your computer for free

  • no you need to pay for a domain online using like godaddy and what not.

  • Thank you for uploading this, it was refreshing to have someone with experience genuinely state their opinions on web hosting. I have a habit of registering domains but then transferring to a free hosting site which I'll probably stop doing.

    Also, thank you for the web host recommendation, I register with godaddy but their web hosting seems sloppy to me and its often hard to know which hosting reviews are honest.

  • Can you count the amount of unique i.p. addresses on your website? is godaddy a gd host 4 that?

  • Great advice lisa, Couldn't be explained more clearly.

  • I agree, renting a web hotel is really cheap, if you want to earn money, you should at least be willing to pay that. What I did, was to create my firs website on a free web host, just to see how it went. You shouldn't pay just to learning that this isn't anything for you. I also use free web hosting to develop new web site ideas that i have. If they don't work,the worst thing that might happen is that I actually learned something.But once you have a website working, buy a domain and get started.

  • Couldn't agree more. Great advice.

  • Thanks! I'm pretty nervous about this. I sent you a question on one of your other youtbe's. Is it true that I must pay 74.00 a month with adsense. Then additional montlhy fees for things like directing you on ow to get traffic to your website for another 34.00 a mo. and so on an so forth. They are trying to get me to purchase other services to help my website but it's 4 different additional fees -like after 15 to 21 days. Does this sound right or familiar to you?

  • No, the real truth is you don't have to pay anyone anything. I saw your comment on the other vid and I'm not familiar with the Google kit. I learned how to drive traffic to my site by reading other blogs and sites. Not saying they are a scam but you don't have to pay anyone anything to learn how to market your site. Be careful.

  • Hi Lisa, Do you really have to be IT savvy to work google adsense?

  • Not IT savvy, but MARKETING savvy. This is the big misconception. Most people who make a lot of money online with AdSense are good marketers/writers. I'm no IT person and I make a full time living online.

  • I am so glad I found you....but a little too late, I just paid for some enhanced version of a free hosting not even an hour ago, because I wanted more out of my site that I have had for over a year..but it isnt the case....grrrr....thx for the info...

  • will u marry me?

  • u prettiecutie

  • Hi, lisa ! great informative videos. Quick question, what are some cheap web-hosting sites and can i switch from one web-hosting site to another from time to time ? thanks

  • GoDaddy, HostGator, Powweb, DreamHost, etc. They're all pretty similar and credible. I don't know what your plan is but switching from hosts often can be a pain once you start getting a lot of files. So I would find one host and stick with it.

  • Lisa you hella sexy

  • rate 5 stars Awesome!

  • Oh my god you ain't ever lied! Free webhosting services to start your own business is the worst. I hate the fact they often put their own ads on the pages and are many times unreliable which kills the business. That's why I stick with RM though, just the same, I can't stand free hostings for running a business. Personal webpage about my dog or cat, sure.